Marantz 1060 Amplifier Restoration Project

[@budokarate6212]

This video is way over my head. You are a very knowledgeable tech for sure. My 1060 is working great, thank God. Thanks for keeping this vintage equipment alive 🙏🏼

[@Lalaland-q2z]

My old Marantz as seen here, is still working ,I bought it for $120 in I think back in 1972 . I miss my earlier Dynakit tube Hi Fi..also had Bogan amps..all technology now as old as I am..wasa thrill as a teenager in the 1950's to read HiFi magazines & also , Downbeat for jazz LP reviews .

[@ModmanOfficial]

I love watching Maxxarcade videos while eating a snack. To any new viewers, Respect, The time I've spent watching these videos have made me learn so much! This man is very smart, I would trust him with my Mac 1700 if I had the money to restore it. Maxx would be the first person I'd ask to do the job.

[@Jaymz87]

I started working on vintage amps a few years ago and i just realised where my inspiration came from. I miss your videos mate...

[@DEW409]

Skill, knowledge, and patience. You have them all...and that is a winning combination. I always learn something from watching your videos. Thank you for posting.

[@chylimzbydzi]

Thank you for saving an amazing piece of history! You've put in such an enormous amount of work into it!

[@Maxxarcade]

I'm still using it to this day (as I type this in fact) and I love it. Totally worth every penny :-)

[@chylimzbydzi]

Maxxarcade As a wise man (or woman) said it's not big deal to buy low and sell high. The thing is to buy crap, turn into gold and enjoy it. I'm rather in the middle of crap-buying process right now hoping to find some time and skills in the future;) Wish you all the best.

[@TheSam6141]

It was awesome to see all the technical work and time it took to restore this unit. Great restoration. This video shows why restored vintage equipment cost more. Look at all the hard work and time. Its amazing. Excellent work.

[@gerry2132]

Very impressive restoration!!! I've got my original Marantz 1060 with a matching Marantz 112 stereo tuner that I purchased new in 1974 and a Marantz 6100 turntable that I'm using as a second system in my den. These things were made to last and last and last. The only thing I've done is replace the lamps in the tuner. There's just something about these vintage Marantz that makes them so appealing!!!

[@EdwardPCampbell]

More enjoyable than most of the cosmology and paleontology documentaries I watch on You Tube. Deserves a Practical Geek Award :)

[@Jallge]

I really like seeing something that was messed about with that much restored to its former glory. Great job Aaron!

[@Maxxarcade]

Still using this 6 years later with no issues... Let's see how long it will last!

[@NielsCG]

today (4/14/2019) finally bought a 1060, i wanted one of these for some time now... fully working, but in need of a good cleaning, maybe a recap too just for kicks... great piece to add to my marantz collection!!

[@georgemclaughlin2727]

Is there any way to get hold of You? I have a 1060 that has been completely recapped.It has a noise like static at all times.All of the switches and pots have been De-toxit. I can also disconnect the pre amp stage and it still just sounds static.Not affected b Volume or tone. Is on constantly. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[@Hopgop1]

Hope it’s still going!

[@Maxxarcade]

@@Hopgop1 Yep, it still gets used for several hours every day. This coming March, it will be 10 years since I fixed it.

[@chadhudson2046]

Awesome job. I recently scored a mint looking 1060 with wood case, that I also paid a bit too much for. This will be my first receiver restoration. I’m super stoked.

[@jamesmoates932]

Hi just wanted to say that with Jim Lindenas and you all are the best at doing what I enjoy watching and hopefully one day get involved with more. It amazes me at how when someone does work on these with "Good Intentions" but lack of skill and appreciation for doing a neat job just amazes me. Keep up the good work!

[@stevenking2980]

Check out YT users "bandersentv" and "radiotvphononut" and "shango066" too. They freaking ROCK as well. Love these guys. You can find them all through "Bobby techtalabyss'" channel on YT.

[@stevenking2980]

And "DaveWM" as well. All great guys. My favorites.

[@littlebritain64]

I did my first hifi experiences with the 1090 in my little town public library. Sennheiser headphones and Technics 1200 turntable. Such a full and sweet sound!! Ok, now i am not a teenager anymore and I have no more bat's ears but I found the same sweet sound in this!! Greetings from Tuscany!

[@okhorton3111]

Lived with this amp for several years. One of the best sounding integrated amps of the day. Sorry I sold it!

[@benrogersdevon]

I had a 1060 hooked upto my computer back in 2000 till 2007 when the left channel broke. Weird it’s the left channel. It was such detailed, warm sound from the 1060. A brilliant 70s amplifier! Really enjoyed listening to tunes through mine

[@MrTopsoil911]

Maxxarcade u r king. I watched ALL ur vids. over and over. I did a restoration on a concord cr260 receiver.and it works great. New caps,resistors, wiring. Bulbs,deox. Now im going to buy old amp again and keep on restoring. Its an addiction lol

[@OldDungeonMaster]

I will save this as I hope to get my little brother to the 1060 fixed up I got a 1030 from a close friend that passed away and I love the sound I get from. This comparison to junk of today this is pure gold even with old caps that I hope to replace soon.

[@Maxxarcade]

I have a 1030 also. It's a good sounding amp for 15 watts per channel. I use it for the rear channel speakers on my computer, with the 1060 running the fronts.

[@MarkVerstappen93]

I have this amplifier aswell. Though I haven't ever opened it and the Speaker Main and Phono seem to be dead. I really love listening to it and just like you used it for my computer only, so only need speaker Remote and Aux 1/Tuner for everything. It's great so see people repairing these old things, I wish I could get mine fixed so everything worked again. Great job on yours.

[@Bbendfender]

I have several old Marantz receivers that I have picked up over the years. They are all from the 70's and I love them.

[@bluefoxtv1566]

That black on the inside looks good. Also Tim's doughnuts are so good.

[@MrCinimod93]

think my uncle has one in his storage room haha his house is full of juke boxes and 30 + year old pro and home audio gear and vintage stuff i would love to learn as much as you know he would have me busy in my basement for months your videos has helped me and hime threw me a few times thanks

[@PrimeHiFi]

Awesome restoration man... I've been meaning to comment that since I first saw this video. Thanks so much for all of the hours of entertainment and education that you put out. We all miss you! Hope everything's going good. Best of luck

[@rubber20021]

beautiful restoration project... Patience is a virtue!

[@Zone1242]

Outstanding work - really enjoyed seeing this one come back from the brink! Cheers, John

[@africanadage852]

When I restored the same model, I had to change the pre-amp transistors as the input ones were prone to leaking according to research. Changed non-working power light to led replaced some resistors with newer carbon & metal film ones. True labour of love.

[@TheWorstCSGOPlayer]

The ratio of comments to views is one of the best on this channel of all my subscriptions - nice job once again!

[@lonesoldier33]

Man, you made a gorgeous looking and sounding amp look even better.

[@KayWal_JDM]

You are the Yoda of Transistors and Diodes and everything Electronics.. You Rock brother i can watch your videos all day long Keep them coming :)

[@stevenking2980]

Me too! Great comment.

[@dumitrymd5557]

It went to my heart of this video!!!,I like professional explanations .......a very good job

[@renekenshin6573]

I don't normally fix old school stereo amplifiers but you're video is so inspiring I might give it a try sometimes. Thanks, very good informative video :D

[@psyolent.]

awesome work. love the old marantz gear.

[@HermanLabuschagne]

Very helpful video. I bought one today, together with tuner and two big (slightly battered) vintage speakers for $50, original manuals and all. It seems to work OK, just dirty. This video might come in handy.

[@stevenking2980]

HERMAN! Hey that's great! I have the same deal. Tell me please, is your tuner the marantz 104 like mine? And what are the speakers? Are you going to recap the 1060 and replace the transistors? Awesome z. Will you do a video? Please message me on my channel, or pm me. I would love to see. Steven

[@HermanLabuschagne]

+Steven King my Marantz 1060 came with an SJ310 tuner, which loks as if might have been of later vintage than the amp. I don't use this amp much and since it all works I figured I'd leave it for now. I have other amps that need capping more urgently. The speaker are quite pleasing, but the speaker cover fabric was replaced and since they worked I didn't open them up to see if I can figure out what they are. I'm currently using them as computer speakers on either side of my desk in my study. Awesome sound. I also have a Marantz 2230 receiver amp that works well, except for the usual problem that the dial face lights are partly dead. Also picked up a Marantz 1030 amp last week which I've sent for repair as it seems to have a cracked board. I'd like to recap everything sooner or later. I've got pictures of some of the stuff. I'll PM you to share more details. Thanks for being interested.

[@stevenking2980]

*****. Yes please send me a link or some pics. Pm me and I'll send my email. I am very interested. Wow you have a 2325 I think you said too? Those are really cool! Is that a quadraphonic? I'll be in touch. Steven

[@Whatness]

That project came out awesome as they always do. Looks great man, can't wait to hear it next time I'm out.

[@zer0s0und]

It is nice to watch your video. To learn that it is not only me that keep up long over night facing these challenges step by step and having a lot of fun when the job is almost (but not completely) done. For me (and a few others, I'd guess) it is like watching a short documentary and living the emotions through your narrative. Wait... that is just what it is indeed. Thanks.

[@jameswcrofts]

very lovely sound for its age after your very hard work sir. I take my hat off to you,if their was more engineers like yourself their wouldn't need to be any scrap yards 110% job done from my book.

[@2008koss]

nice video man !, learned a few things just by listening to your commentary; cheers !

[@beachsandinspector]

Nice amp, good restoration job, that reminds me I have to get to and clean up my old yamaha setup, as well as look at the old Sansui amp I have, all still work, just getting on in their years of use.

[@stevenking2980]

The transformer in my 1060 has the screws the same way, but it works and has never been disassembled... Good work!

[@rthyrsthdrfhfrdh]

One word "Awesome". You have the passion.

[@CarnivalVillage]

Excellent restoration work!!

[@judges69]

Love your work, you go deeper into restoring then the other channel's.😀

[@daytimerocker]

very nice job restoring, by the way that last song was great!

[@martinda7446]

That was so satisfying, I was cleaning those boards with you.

[@TB-ri3jr]

Great video! Inspiration to get off my butt and get working on my Marantz 1122 DC and Luxman M-02.

[@7ngaf]

love ur video uploads very informative keep up the good work.......watching from Great nation of KENYA

[@greghemlock6679]

Take your village idiot Obama back. He's free now

[@arcadeuk]

Good work! And a nice classic Marantz amp model there :)

[@Mainer1945]

I just watched this entire video and parts more than once. I have a Marantz 2265B Stereo Tuner/amplifier that I plugged a keyboard into the phone jack (don't ask) about 10-15 years ago. So, I and decided to take it off the shelf and give it a heave-ho. Before I did that I looked inside for a fuse and there was none and did find it on the outside back panel. It was a 3 amp and was blown. It lit up and I was so happy, but not for long because there were flames coming out of it. I later got some online help and it was suggested I check the four output transistors and sure enough the one transistor nearest the four scorched resisters was bad. I am nothing close to an electronics person but I am getting some help explaining what I need to do. He is going to supply me with the parts I need at cost. I am 71 year old retired mechanical person who is loosing sleep just thinking about doing this, but after seeing your video, I am going to give it a try. If it works, I will have my wonderful sounding Marantz 2265B that I bought in 1978 or so for $410 at Value House, if my memory is correct. Thanks for your great video. And now I am off to watch you restore a Marantz 2225 tuner.

[@rickychopper]

Great video thanks, there is one on Ebay UK with the same problem. If only I knew what I was doing, tempting, tempting.

[@djazz0]

Evening Star

[@greghemlock6679]

Had the 1060 as the heart of my system for 20 years. Over time the caps dried out,common problem with all amps of this vintage. But easy to work on. Was time to move on replaced with a nakamichi. Marantz sat for another 20 years b4 I gave it away. Wish I'd kept it. Same goes for my pioneer pl12d belt drive turntable. I pared these with advent speakers 4 ohm but the match was superb thd was .1 very good clean sound for the time. My test album was always pink Floyd's dark side of the moon. Great for testing channel separation. My ear did the rest. The higher end replacements didn't last nearly as long. And you couldn't work on them

[@cgillyard]

Nice work Maxxarcade!

[@1112223333111]

wow I wish I could send you my basic M2A to get re-done. Totally awesome job!

[@Yradex]

Very, very nice video and explanation. Thank you! Cheers!

[@CofeeAuLait]

This video is priceless. Thank you.

[@redwest4865]

I would love to apprentice under this guy.

[@daol03]

You are always doing a great job restoring things :)

[@germanandrescastelli3511]

te felicito,muy buen trabajo!!! yo tengo un receiver marantz Sr 6000 y una deck marantz 5025b me encantan estos equipos.saludos desde argentina

[@ashleycox432]

Nice restoration. Marantz stuff is awesome :)

[@dallasdorrington7449]

You Sir do some mighty fine work. A friend of mine recently through one of these in the trash. I asked him why and he said that the left channel was not working and when it was it wasn't very loud. I could of kicked his ass for throwing it in the trash because I told him it was vintage and worth money.

[@miso2225]

I love Your vintage audio restorations! Really pro work and it is obvious that You have great passion for it! Your channel inspired me to get my own Marantz 2226 few weeks ago and I am going to re-cap and fix it. I have experiences building amplifiers but no restorations done yet... I would also like to know how do You clean those boards? Isopropyl alcohol? As I am not the only one asking maybe You could do some instructional videos for us? Many thanks and keep up the good work! Miso, Slovakia

[@freddyjohnson6395]

Awesome job. Really informative

[@user-ub3ow3nw2g]

wow genius job terrific and even true the youtube channel i can hear the beautifull marantz sound

[@Mork007]

Great job, great amp. Nice to see this saved from the junk pile. Vintage equipment like this is exceptional in its performance.

[@billybonewhacker]

very cool amp, and thanx for the clipping and biasing info. grt vid

[@electronicshelpcare]

thank you for great video

[@SergiodelaGarzaPalacios]

Awesome work!

[@glenbuchanan9775]

cost a lot of money to do this poor boys just have to make due great job you have good understanding

[@ahakcapx]

Great work done!

[@PhuckYewMaine]

Awesome. I wish i knew how to fix electronics like this

[@Maxxarcade]

For connecting accessories such as a reverb unit or equalizer. The pre outs can also be connected to a much larger amp if you need more power.

[@homersimpson6176]

Nice work !

[@Maxxarcade]

De-Oxit D100 would be a good all around choice for switches and pots. It's what I use most of the time. But if your contacts are bent or broken, it won't fix that of course. For modern plastic pots, Faderlube is great.

[@bambam144]

very nice work thx for sharing!

[@ACCOUNTANTB]

Great, Great job on ! Much work on it......

[@petercamacho1462]

Really good job

[@martianshoes]

I had one of these. The cleanest, least expensive 30W per side there was in 1976.

[@sloneasy1]

I have to say Marantz is king of the hill, I had one 15yrs ago and blew it out, but that wasn't going to stop me so I took it apart and Wallah !!! I got shocked well let me rephrase that, it pulled out it's glock and shot at me ,so I haven't gone back in that neighborhood since Man I really miss that baby,Might find another one someday,wish I'd seen this vid then

[@revolvingtoto007]

you really are a pro,bro,alway's love to see your videos coming

[@Maxxarcade]

Pictures and schematics. Always nice to have both, because sometimes schematics are wrong, and sometimes the previous owner puts in the wrong parts :-)

[@drabara]

What do you use to clean the boards, and clean the frame ? How do you remember what goes where ? You take a picture ? Can you explain or show in a next video how to adjust bias adjust ? What points to measure ? Nice vid ! Keep it up !

[@AnthraXFPS]

awesome job dude

[@haz939]

That Atlas DCA55 seems like a wonderful tool, I always find it hard to test mosfets/transistors and diodes with a multimeter. Last time I checked the price on them they were over £80. But I found them on eBay for £57.41 I may get one!!

[@TheRinkashi]

Really nice video max! You make my day!

[@cargar62]

Well done Sir!!

[@SimpleCarGuy]

how do you remember where all the parts go on the board when you unsolder so many things?

[@Tron1731]

WOW ausome i can hear the diff before and after looks so nice now clean do you have a good eq for that amp i would use a nice marantz eq what kind of speakers are in your bedroom partsexpress has a lot of nice 8 in subwoofers i am thinking of makein a new set of 8 in high end speakers agian the last set i made i sold for 400 bucks all homemade crossovers and cabs but i have to say those theater speakers are 8s you use as your bench test speakers sound great hope we can hang out some day

[@tjtreinen7381]

I bought on new when I was sixteen. I donated it still working when I was 58.. do the math.. you don't find quality like that any more..

[@deanmoore1621]

You seem pretty impressed with the 1060 Max! I would love to restore one of these, and the layout seems so much more accessible and easier to work than my 2285b Thanks for the great vid

[@josephsemper4356]

Great video. I have a Mitsubishi Da-R10 with similar problem. I get nothing from the right channel. I want to open it up but can't find schematics. I am thinking of doing a recap. Any suggestions on what to check first or what to look for?

[@Maxxarcade]

I use Simple Green and distilled water for cleaning the boards. Sometimes follow up with denatured alcohol for removing flux and other residue.

[@Marian1983.2D]

awsome job and awsome amp!

[@grassulo]

I'm going to have to do something similar soon, picked up an old (1965 I think) H.H. Scott Stereomaster 344 receiver, immediately pops it's power supply fuse, has two shorted germanium PNP outputs and a boat load of old dead electrolytics (the infamous Callins-Nashville brand, all of them are bad) the outputs are a strange type though, they say Bendix QP-10 on the case with no 2N numbers, going to try using four 2N2021's and I hope they work. It has a really interesting Nuvistor based FM only tuner, the larger brothers of it were used in radio stations for off-air monitoring, supposedly it's really wide band. And it's rated at 100wpc (a 1960's rating so it will probably do more!) it's going to be a lot of point-to-point soldering to get this thing going.

[@Maxxarcade]

I'll probably keep the 1030 as a spare, use it on another computer, or stack it on the 1060 and use it to power a set of rear channel speakers. I'm hoping to get some more broken 1030's and 1060's to rebuild and sell eventually. I like working on them :-)

[@and1424]

Thanks for sharing! At 9:34 you said 2n3440 and 2n5416?

[@mccunecp]

what is that tester you are using to test the trainstors and stuff that be nice to get for my inventory.

[@slimjim119]

it sounds great good job

[@94cobraman]

Simple Question What brand and model are the Speakers in your work bench i love the way they sound and want to put a set in my bench Thanks

[@Maxxarcade]

Eminence Woofers and Philips tweeters. Not sure of the exact models since they are an OEM design for cinema use. Eventually I hope to make a video about them.

[@WaybackTECH]

Will that style of output transistor cause a hum in both channels if they are failing? I did a full recap and replaced a large majority of the silicon transistors on my Kenwood KR-9940 but there is still a hum in the speakers, and it seems to be a bit louder now. Adjusted the bias current to exact spec in the manual.

[@Maxxarcade]

Is it a 120Hz hum, or more of a 60Hz buzz? You might have a ground loop or other issue. Output transistors don't usually cause a problem like that.

[@WaybackTECH]

120hz hum. Specifically sounds like a transformer hum. It is faint, and is not affected by volume loudness. It is a bit more noticible after it has warmed up. Being a 4 channel receiver, I thought perhaps there was a output transistor on the B side that has an issue causing some kind of feedback to the A speakers.

[@james42519]

why do they have main in and pre out? what would you hook up if you took the jumper off?

[@andresmartinelli5276]

Hello. I have a very neat piece, almost never used amp. But It has imbalance.. I think they can be the electrolitic in the power amp board. How can I test the power amp transistor, to discard being the fault? Thanks!!

[@josephperry4344]

Impressive!, I have a pioneer sx 525 with the left channel that keeps blowing fuses immediately when connected. Where would you start?

[@bassblaster505]

Joseph Perry check the left channels outputs.